A/N: For some reason, I had some difficulties writing this letter, even more than the last chapter, but I still hope everyone enjoys it. Don't forget to leave a review, I love reading all of them!

Dear Ron,

First off, I'm going to be honest with you and say that if someone had told me on my first day of Hogwarts that our relationship turned out the way it did, I would have said they were mental. I only say that because at the beginning of our first year, I thought you hated me.

Before I went to Hogwarts, I went to a Muggle school and I was used to being teased there by kids who thought I was strange for always knowing the answers. Then, when I got the news about Hogwarts, I thought it would be a chance to start over and make some real friends. Although that is what eventually happened, I thought at first that nothing was going to change.

I don't mean to sound boring or like I'm lecturing you, but what I'm getting at is that our relationship did change from barely acquaintances to best friends, and finally to even more than that and I never saw it coming.

Believe it or not, I did start to really see you as more than a friend the summer before our fifth year. Maybe even earlier. I did hope you'd ask me to the ball, but I didn't really want to admit the reason why I wanted you to ask. Anyway, you know what happened next. Viktor got there first. I know the subject of Viktor is a rather touchy one, but I can assure you that things are different with you than they were, and ever could be, with Viktor.

You and I have been through so much together. We've grown up together and have faced things most teenagers never will have to face. You made that comment about how annoying I was when we were less than a month into our first year, and then you went and saved me from that mountain troll. That's when I knew that you weren't as bad as I thought. I had been trying to tell myself that you had been put into Gryffindor for some reason and the mountain troll instance showed me the reason I had been looking for.

I will admit, in our many years of friendship, there were a lot of times when you made me want to just scream and rip my hair out. You could be so infuriating. You still seem to know exactly how to make me mad. Nonetheless, sometime during those fights, silent treatments, and homework help sessions, I fell for you. While you knew just how to push my buttons, you could surprise me just the same. The house elf comment you made during the battle was just one example.

You really are an incredible person. You're loyal, brave, funny, and smart, even if you don't think you are. You just procrastinate a little too much and I mean that in the least offensive way possible, even though it's the truth and you know it. Besides that, I know if anyone needed help, you'd be there in a second. I didn't say it at the time (I was too angry), but I thought it was amazing that you jumped in the frozen pond to save Harry when we were on the Horcrux hunt. It was incredibly sweet and so incredibly you. You're lucky you had done that, though, because if you hadn't I would've ended up pushing you into that pond anyway. What can I say? I was angry, but your loyalty and bravery counted for something, even if it didn't seem it at the time.

I've known you for most of my life and I want the best for you. While we have nearly opposite personalities and while we don't always see eye to eye, I care for you more than even you might understand. I'd say that I always have cared for you, even during the start of our first year, before we were friends. Perhaps it was your poor attempt to turn Scabbers yellow. That definitely wasn't a real spell. I don't know how you couldn't see it was just Fred and George getting a laugh.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that our relationship as more than friends would have seemed unlikely even to me eight years ago, but I'm so glad it turned out the way it did. I think we make each other better people and our different personalities help each other to learn and grow. I guess a simpler way of saying that is we're perfect for each other. It just took us a while to realize it, and while I'm not much for being late, I'd say this is one instance where it's better late than never.

Love, Hermione